One-piece live-wire self-holder.



F. W SIMONSON. ONE-PIECE LIVE WIRE SELF HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1918.

1,301,012. I v Patented Apr, 15,1919. 1 7%.! Q

5 I@ i. Inventor Q g; frzwick lflfz'mbmon rENwIcK w. SIMONSON, OF SHERMAN, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF I'ro 'wALLAcn W. SNELL, or SHERMAN, CALIFORNIA.

. ONE-PIECE f LIVE-WIRE SELF-HOLDER.

- To all whom it may concern: Y

' Be it known that I, FENWICK W. SIMON- SON, a citizenof Canada,- having declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Sherman, in the county'of Los Angeles and State of California,have invented a new and useful One- Piece Live-Wire Self-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

'An object of this invention is to provide superior means whereby the loose end of a broken live wire may be grappled, handled and drawn taut by a workman without danger.

Other objects are simplicity, cheapness,

lightness, small size and great ease and con-:

venience in handling wire.

An object of the invention is to provide for this purpose an appliance of such cheapness and convenient size and shape that each trolley car of a system may be equipped with two or more at small expense so that whenever a break occurs the motorman and conductor may each handle the wires and there will be a holder for each end of a broken wire.

The invention is adapted for use by line men or others at any place and time for the purpose of handling live wires orfor handling any wires at their loose ends for emergency or at any other time.

Other objects and advantages may appear from the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detail description and the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views of the invention on a small scale indicating the receiving, engaging and pulling positions respectlvely.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation in pulling position.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the holder on the same scale as Fig. 4, turned quarter-way around from said Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section normal to the slot and on line indicated at m, Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section on line m", Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a fragmental sectional elevation on line a Fig. 5.

The appliance is made of a single piece of suitable insulating material such for instance as white oak or other strong wood,

' and its purpose is to enable an operative or Specification of Letters Patent.

attendant "to catch, handle and holdthe loose. end ofa brokenjlive trolley wire or the-likewith easev and convenience and without;

danger to himself fand it is intended to be a part of the equipment of each trolley car,

and also of each electric-line'patrol or repairer."

. -A' straight insulating bar 1 'is providednear one end with an oblique slot 2 extend ing fromone face of the bar to a mortise or 1 internal notch 3, about three-times as wide as the slot and having its width arranged depth of the slot as transversely to the shown inrF'ig. 6.

Near the opposite ing through a hole 5 provided in the bar transversely to the produced mid-plane of the mortise 3. The bar is bevel or wedge shape at the end adjacent the slot 2 as indicated at 6, 7, so that the tip has an edge 8 so that that end of the bar may be easily inserted under a live trolley wire lying flat on the ground, and moved into position to catch the wire in the slot. 4

Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 indicate a method of use. When a live trolley wire I), for instance, is broken, and is prone on the ground, the attendant will grasp the bar 1 by the long end a, and with such end directed away from the broken wire, will insert the tip 8 under the prone wire 6 near the end thereof with the slotted face 9 up, and the bar will be moved to bring the oblique slot outside the wire so as to cause the mortise to receive and engage the wire, as shown in Fig. 1. Then the attendant will revolve the bar endwise, as will be understood by reference to the direction arrows in Figs. 1 and 2, thus cramping the wire between diagonally op posite corners 10, 11 of the mortise notch 3 as shown in Fig. 2.

The attendant will then revolve the bar by pulling the long end away from the fixed limb of the live wire, thus bending the wire sharply over the edge wall 10 of the mortise, so that the wire will not slip.

Any desired strain may be applied through the means of a line 4 passed through the hole 5 in the long limb of the bar.

It is thus seen that I have provided a bar having wire engaging means as the mortise or notch 3 communicating through the slot 2 with the face of the bar to receive a prone or a hanging wire by a simple sidewise Hammer. 15, 1919,; App1icationfi1edMay29, 1918. Seria1No.237,6 77." 1 i i end of the bar a line 4 is attached 'by' suitable. "means" as by threadoblique slot and an internal mortise of to admit a wire thereto. 7 V

' 2. A bar having a slot and an internal notch; the slot extending from one side of movement of the bar and to engage and kink the live wire when the bar is revolved endwise relative to the wire and that when a live wire is lying on the ground, all that is necessary to do to handle the wire is simply to slide the beveled or sharpened end of the bar under the wire thus sliding the wire up onto the bar until 1t is received into the slot greater width than the' slot; said mortise extending obliquely to the axis of the bar and said slot communicating with the mortise the bar to the notch to admit a wire thereto;

one end of the bar being beveled obliquely to the slotted side. v

3. A. bar havinga slot and aninternal notch; the 'slot extending from one side of the bar to the notch to admit a wire thereto;

one endof the bar beingbeveled obliquely to the slotted side; and a line connected to the other'end of the bar. V

4. A. bar beveled at one end and having a hole near the other end; a line in said'hole;

said bar bein provided with means opening.

on one side 0 the bar to engage a prone w1re when the wire has been raised thereonto by slipping the beveled end between the wire and the ground; said wire engaging means being adapted to engage the wire to kink the same, when the bar is revolved endwiserelative to the wire. j

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 23d day of May, 1918. e 1

FENWICK W. SIMONSO'N. Witness:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND.

1 copies ot this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of Patents;

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